Motto - "Disgracing Britain?"
"Serving the Treasury, not the Public?"
Which country in the EU stops its citizens and questions them when they leave their country of domicile?
The silly things they say. After visiting his notaire a returning shopper was told "you spent 8 hours in France after visiting your Notaire and didn't return immediately?" Unbelievable but true. They seem to think we mustn't shop or make good use of a day across the channel. More
November 2009 (27th) - Welcome to Algirdas Semeta the new Commissioner responsible for Customs matters. We will be lobbying him hard on your behalf. We will be contacting him shortly. What would you like us to tell him? Let us know.
"Came back from a 2 day business trip last week along with my wife and was stopped by customs and had all our wine and baccy taken from us and most importantly they seized my car, which was worth quite a bit. We only had the guide lines for both and not a boot full!.
Because i had been before and bought before then we are criminals and apparently are selling the goods, i have an import and export company and that was why we were in France and Belgium, but that made no difference. We were held in seperate rooms for nearly two hours and asked a million questions, mainly on how many ciggs we smoked. It made no difference,they were having our goods and that was it. Another couple also had there goods and car seized at the same time. This practice is just disgusting,they are like others have wrote before a law upon themselves, so smug and you can tell that they are laughing at our expence. I could write a lot more about what happened, but people beware - we only had a carrier bag of baccy and lost the car for that. I went on a legitimate business trip and need to go again next week, but i have no car now! Keep up the campaign to stop this happening to genuine shoppers and travellers."
2008 - European Parliament cuts guidelines? No they did not!
Customs priorities (from their advertising)
If you have been stopped by British Revenue & Customs please e-mail the Commissioner, Algirdas Semeta (), with copies to his Head of Cabinet (laurs.norlund at cec.eu.int) and the Director General for Taxation (robert.verrue at cec.eu.int), as well as your local MEP.
Gone to Court to get your goods back? - tell us how you got on.
European Court judgement concerning internet purchases of wine and tobacco (23rd November 2007)
The sort of e-mails we get about HM C&E
Our advice is simple - stick to the guidelines.
day-tripper.net is a web magazine devoted to the interests and rights of British Citizens shopping in other E.U. Member states. We deplore the actions of HM Revenue & Customs and the New Labour Governments campaign of intimidation, which goes against the very Treaties we have signed, guaranteeing free trade and movement of goods and people between member states.
Warning
If you have travelled recently please bear in mind if shopping, that should HMRC stop you and find tobacco on you, they may assume that you bought tobacco on all your previous journeys. NO EVIDENCE NEEDED!
Illiterate nonsense from C&E advice centre (. . . I can confirm there is no reason for you to purchase goods on the continent and bring back to the United Kingdom
"Serving the Treasury, not the Public?"
Which country in the EU stops its citizens and questions them when they leave their country of domicile?
The silly things they say. After visiting his notaire a returning shopper was told "you spent 8 hours in France after visiting your Notaire and didn't return immediately?" Unbelievable but true. They seem to think we mustn't shop or make good use of a day across the channel. More
November 2009 (27th) - Welcome to Algirdas Semeta the new Commissioner responsible for Customs matters. We will be lobbying him hard on your behalf. We will be contacting him shortly. What would you like us to tell him? Let us know.
"Came back from a 2 day business trip last week along with my wife and was stopped by customs and had all our wine and baccy taken from us and most importantly they seized my car, which was worth quite a bit. We only had the guide lines for both and not a boot full!.
Because i had been before and bought before then we are criminals and apparently are selling the goods, i have an import and export company and that was why we were in France and Belgium, but that made no difference. We were held in seperate rooms for nearly two hours and asked a million questions, mainly on how many ciggs we smoked. It made no difference,they were having our goods and that was it. Another couple also had there goods and car seized at the same time. This practice is just disgusting,they are like others have wrote before a law upon themselves, so smug and you can tell that they are laughing at our expence. I could write a lot more about what happened, but people beware - we only had a carrier bag of baccy and lost the car for that. I went on a legitimate business trip and need to go again next week, but i have no car now! Keep up the campaign to stop this happening to genuine shoppers and travellers."
2008 - European Parliament cuts guidelines? No they did not!
Customs priorities (from their advertising)
If you have been stopped by British Revenue & Customs please e-mail the Commissioner, Algirdas Semeta (), with copies to his Head of Cabinet (laurs.norlund at cec.eu.int) and the Director General for Taxation (robert.verrue at cec.eu.int), as well as your local MEP.
Gone to Court to get your goods back? - tell us how you got on.
European Court judgement concerning internet purchases of wine and tobacco (23rd November 2007)
The sort of e-mails we get about HM C&E
Our advice is simple - stick to the guidelines.
day-tripper.net is a web magazine devoted to the interests and rights of British Citizens shopping in other E.U. Member states. We deplore the actions of HM Revenue & Customs and the New Labour Governments campaign of intimidation, which goes against the very Treaties we have signed, guaranteeing free trade and movement of goods and people between member states.
Warning
If you have travelled recently please bear in mind if shopping, that should HMRC stop you and find tobacco on you, they may assume that you bought tobacco on all your previous journeys. NO EVIDENCE NEEDED!
Illiterate nonsense from C&E advice centre (. . . I can confirm there is no reason for you to purchase goods on the continent and bring back to the United Kingdom
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